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Banshee
10-11-2002, 01:45 PM
I friend emailed the message below to me. I thought it was worth sharing.
You never know who thinks of this stuff? I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if the telephone solicitors weren't able to call people at home during the dinner hour. But that doesn't make it any more pleasant. Now Steve Rubenstein, a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has proposed Three Little Words" based on his brief experience in a telemarketing operation that would stop the nuisance for all time. The three little words are "Hold on, please." Saying this while putting down your phone and walking off instead of hanging up immediately would make each telemarketing call so time consuming those boiler rooms would grind to a halt. When you eventually hear the phone company's beep beep beep tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.
This might be one of those articles you'll want to e-mail to your friends. When you get ads in your phone or utility bill, include them with the payment. Let them throw the stuff away. Think globally, act locally. When you get those pre-approved letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and junk like that, most of them come with postage paid return envelopes, right? Well, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little envelopes! Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express, or a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their application back! Just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them. You can send it back empty if you want, just to keep'em guessing! Let's turn this e-mail into a chain letter! Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin getting all their junk back in the mail. Let's let them know what it's like to get junk mail, and best of all...THEY'RE paying for it! Twice! Let's support our postal service. They say e-mail is cutting into their business and that's why they need to keep increasing postage. We can help! Pass this along to all your friends and maybe we could get enough business for the post office that they will not have to raise rates in 2004.

Rod-64
10-12-2002, 09:03 AM
This is great!!!
Maybe this will keep stamps from going to 50 cent each plus bust their balls on the side!!!!

lilrick
10-12-2002, 09:30 AM
I'm on my way to the mail box!

lambertjr
10-12-2002, 10:26 AM
I actually received a message back from a credit card company telling me that it was illegal to send anything in those pre-paid envelopes except mail that was intended for the credit card company.
I told them that it was you guys who sent this crap to me, and I don't want it. So you take it back.
They don't like me much anymore :p

CrazyHippy
10-12-2002, 09:02 PM
I live in Vegas, and i send them back all the little porn things i can. Buisness cards with chicks on them, lil phone book things... all the free stuff i can find
BJH

Livin Large 27Hallett
10-14-2002, 11:54 AM
That is a hell of an idea, I am going to start today. I think I have a $.50 coupon off for Tampax at home that they could have. Maybe some woman will open it and need it.

Livin Large 27Hallett
10-15-2002, 05:58 AM
Went home last night to play the game, and damn, no mail because of the holiday.

24RODjr
10-15-2002, 07:20 AM
This is the bomb. Now I have somewhere to send the garders cards that he leaves on my porch every week.
:)
-Chris

HavasuDreamin'
10-15-2002, 09:31 AM
CrazyHippy:
I live in Vegas, and i send them back all the little porn things i can. Buisness cards with chicks on them, lil phone book things... all the free stuff i can find
BJHLMAO :D